Are you considering cashing out your 401k plan early due to debt or other financial hardships? You can end up losing 30% of your money. If you want to pull out your money without paying a 401k withdrawal penalty, this video is going to show you the best way to do just that.
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Consequences of a 401k Early Withdrawal or Cashing Out a 401k
The IRS generally requires automatic withholding of 20% of a 401k early withdrawal for taxes. So if you withdraw $10,000 from your 401k at age 45, you may get only about $8,000. You’ll get hit with a 401k withdrawal tax.
Along with the withholding taxes, the IRS will also hit you with a 401k withdrawal tax. If you withdraw money from your 401k, the IRS takes a 10% penalty when you file your tax return.
This means that you’re going to lose 30% of the amount that withdraws early from your 401k.
Retire with less.
You have to balance the long term effects of cashing out your retirement accounts. That may be ESPECIALLY true if the market is down when you make the early withdrawal. So, if you pull your money out, you’re losing out on the gains that your 401k would have if you had just waited 1-2 years for the markets to improve.
How long does it take to cash out a 401(k) after leaving a job?
It can take up to 10 business days to receive a check after cashing out your 401k. But this does not mean 10 days from when you inform Fidelity 401k that you want to cash out your 401k. This means after your 401k account manager sells your interests in your investments, it will take up to 10 days to get your check.
This means it could take 2-3 weeks to get your money from your 401k.
10% Tax Penalty Exemption
There’re a few reasons why the IRS would allow you to be exempt from the 401k withdrawal tax penalties.
Substantially equal periodic” payment plan
With this plan, retirement plans can be cashed out penalty-free. But this is only if you take annual distributions for a period of five years or until you turn 59½. But income tax must still be paid on the withdrawals.
You leave your job
This works only if it happens in the year you turn 55 or older.
Getting a Divorce
When you get divorced, you may be pulling money out of your 401k to give to your spouse. If this happens, then you won’t be charged a penalty for taking money out of 401k.
See if you qualify for a hardship withdrawal
A hardship withdrawal is a withdrawal of funds from a retirement plan due to “an immediate and heavy financial need.” A hardship withdrawal usually isn’t subject to penalty. 401k hardship rules allow us to make penalty-free hardship withdrawals.
How to make a hardship withdrawal
The retirement account manager that oversees your employer’s 401ks is the one who decides if you qualify for a hardship distribution for your 401k. You may need to explain why you can’t get the money elsewhere, such as a loan or savings account.
Consider converting your 401(k) to a ROTH IRA
Individual retirement accounts have slightly different withdrawal rules from 401ks. So, you might be able to avoid that 10% 401k early withdrawal penalty by converting your 401k to a Roth IRA first. There are no mandatory withholding on IRA withdrawals.
That means you might be able to choose to have no income tax withheld and thus get a bigger check now. You still have to pay the tax when you file your return, though. So you’re never off the hook from the IRS.
To take advantage of this tax-free withdrawal, the money must have been deposited in the Roth IRA and held for at least five years AND you must be at least 59½ years old.
So, you can’t just roll your 401k into a Roth IRA today and pull it out tax-free tomorrow.
The other way is by pulling money out of your Roth IRA and paying for college.
Withdrawals for college expenses could be OK if they fit the IRS’s definition of “qualified higher education expenses.” Qualified expenses are amounts paid for tuition, fees, and other related expenses for an eligible student.
And truthfully, this one probably won’t even affect you unless you’re a little bit older and you decided to go back to school.
4. Take out the bare minimum when cashing out a 401(k)
This means if you absolutely need $10k for an emergency, don’t pull out $15k just in case you need extra….(read more)
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I get paying the taxes if you haven’t paid taxes on the money but the 10% penalty is government just stealing money from people that need it. People would not be withdrawing the money if they didn’t need it then the government takes 10%. Our government completely screws the middle to lower class.
This is why you do not listen to YouTube for financial advice. A hardship from a 401k is not subject to the 10% penalty lol.
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Very inspiring! I love this. .
401K is bullshit!
I LOVE how you explained this. Clear, funny, and perfect for new timers
so 30% total you don't get if you cash out everything? how about income tax?
Thank you so much for helping me to recover my money back from all this fraud and scam you're the Best out here. #Splinthack
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I lost my job 4 months ago and depleted my savings in paying mortgage and bills. Should I take out a withdrawal to pay my bills until I find another job? I am 60.
Its insane that you can not get all of your money. Scam
The 401k is a scam. It enriches investment advisors (who take fees whether they perform well, or poorly), and it enriches the IRS.
The stock market did well for the last several years. But… the dollar is on the brink of collapse. Washington's government has f**ked us good and hard by inflating the currency supply (80% of the money in circulation was borrowed into existence since 01/01/2020), so "losing" 10% is nothing compared to what is coming.
And taxes??? ROFLMAO… you think taxes are high now? As Karen Carpenter sang "we've only just begun." Someone has to pay the note that the federal reserve corporation is holding, and once the conversion to CBDC takes place, that "prior lien" claimed by government on the fruits of your labor (slavery by any other name, smells just as sh*tty), will make financial privacy a thing of the past.
So, let's play by the rules, crouch down and lick the hand of those who tell us that warmth we feel running down our back is rain. Whatever you do, don't investigate the impending hyperinflation, and NEVER think about getting out of the banking system, and preserving as much of your wealth as possible in hard assets like Gold and Silver.
Enough of this freethinking nonsense! Get back in line with all the other ants.
be aware the 10% penalty avoidance ONLY applies to the first $10k, NOT the fully amount, you WILL be charged the 10% penalty after that first $10k even with a qualifying hardship withdraw
We also don't know the future. Great advice Vanilla Breyer! My emergency will have to wait…only because my personal "emergency" CAN wait…especially since we have to wait ten days anyway. 🙂
What an evil system, terrible. "the american dream lol"
If the market drops 50% (it will) you profit form pulling it out and can buy some hookers and blow instead.
I wanna leave my job… I'm only 42…
great invested in pay pal after made back all money ++++ sold at $296
401k suck
How do you get your money out if you don't have an actual provable hardship? We want/need to put a large addition on our house and can't really afford a loan. Is there a way?